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0 I’m going to take a shot at starting my own company in a new simulator, comedically called Beff Jezos Simulator. Honestly, I never thought someone would create it, but here it is. And it’s launching in early access on Steam today!
Gotta start from somewhere.
Gameplay
After you’ve made your company sign, you’re instantly thrown in and can start working. Essentially you have a computer and a willing to build an internet empire! Use your computer to purchase stock, then once it’s delivered, resell it for a higher price. The game lets you set your own price, which is a neat feature. Although it will also let you know when you’re getting too greedy and charging too much. At the start of Beff Jezos Simulator the stock you can purchase is limited. You can buy basics such as party hats, playing cards, and silly glasses with heart-shaped rims. Just average, everyday items.
Later on, however, higher valued items are unlocked with new tiers. Each of these does have a fee you need to pay in order to open them. These items range from lamps to retro game systems, aka the real money makers. To check your stock levels, simply head over to the computer and look at the products tab. Remember to price up our stock too, as every item must have a price set for an order to be made.
Making orders.
When orders come in, head over to the shelf where the item is stored and a notepad will appear. This tells you how many of any one item you need to grab. You don’t need to worry too much about picking up too many things, as the game stops you at the required amount. Once you’ve collected everything you need, go to the packing station. Here, you will have to manually fold a box and then fill it with the specified items above to fulfil the order.
After finishing the order, the box will fall behind you. Pick it up and head over to the van’s pick up point. Beware though, as the game limits you to only ten packages at once! Finally, press the button and the van will come collect your parcels for delivery. After receiving your order payment, you can start the entire process again. Yay!
Upgrades!
You won’t just earn money in Beff Jezos Simulator, you’ll also earn experience which can be used for upgrades. In some games upgrades are often a nice to have that don’t make too much of a difference to gameplay. That isn’t the case here. With some upgrades allowing you to further increase prices thus maximising profits or enabling you to carry more boxes meaning less back and froth between work areas. Others will increase the amount of parcels you can send or how frequent orders come in. One of my favourite upgrades was the one that tells you what products are in high demand. This helped me know exactly where I needed to invest my profits to make even more money!
After a while and when you’ve earned enough money, it’s time to expand your enterprise. Although there isn’t a lot in the game right now apart from buying more floor space or hiring staff. Hiring an employee will help with fulfilling orders and that’s about it. They are very autonomous and, when hired, will simply get to work. I would like to see more in terms of expanding your shop, however, the game is still in early access.
Graphics & Audio
Like many simulators, Beff Jezos Simulator isn’t the best looking. The textures are smooth looking but lacking heavy detail. The character models look somewhat lifeless and play-dough like. Lighting is standard but nothing amazing, and since you’re confined to a single area, there’s little else to look at. On the positive side, colours are bright and fun at least.
Longevity
I ended my playtime after 8 plus hours. The progress I made was rather minor, but from the looks of things, you can put a fair amount of hours in. Of course this a game very much still in early access so who knows, maybe more features are set to come to expand the world.
Final Thoughts
Beff Jezos Simulator is alright. I wouldn’t rush to get it, as the gameplay loop can become boring rather quickly. The progress you make is rather slow and when I did finally get to a point of even hiring my first employee, the game seemed to bug out a bit. For instance when an order came in, my employee caused my stock to go into the minus. The employee wouldn’t take all the items for the order and when I tried filling my basket, I couldn’t take his items from him to even finish said order. We were at an order impasse.
Pricing for everything seems unreasonably high, with a shelf costing $500. This equalled about two hours of my game time. I even found at one point when restarting the game, all my money was gone. This was extra annoying as I had just broken my first thousand!
The current state of Beff Jezos Simulator is okay and as you would expect from an early access game. According to the roadmap we can expect stuff like drone delivery, thieves, new retail locations, and being able to respond to reviews (currently reviews don’t affect the game). I would say that currently the game feels more like the simulation of being a Blamazon employee instead of a future CEO.
The disclaimer on the Steam page states: “Beff Jezos Simulator is a satirical work of fiction intended for entertainment purposes only. Any resemblance to real persons or entities is purely coincidental.” I am looking forward to seeing more of this satirical fiction in and amongst the fun stuff the developers have in store for Beff Jezos Simulator.
Disclaimer: A code was received in order to write this preview.
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